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	Albert Nyanza - LoveToKnow 1911
		ALBERT NYANZA, a lake of Central Africa, the northern of the two western reservoirs of the Nile, lying in the western (Albertine) rift-valley, near its north end.
		At the northern end of the lake the sediment brought down by the Victoria Nile is producing a similar effect.
		Of the water received by Albert Nyanza annually (omitting the Victoria Nile from the calculation) between 50 and 60% is lost by evaporation, whilst 24,265,000,000 cubic metres are annually withdrawn by the Bahr-el-Jebel.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Albert_Nyanza (1459 words)

	the Living Africa: the land - Nile River - Physiography
		The White Nile has a relatively constant flow, the Blue Nile in contrast is affected by the tremendous runoff resulting from the late July to October rains on the Ethiopian Plateau.
		The Atbara is fed by the Angereb and Tekezo.
		As the land reaches the Mediterranean Sea in the north, lakes and salt marshes occur.
	library.thinkquest.org /16645/the_land/nile_ph.shtml (737 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nile
		Lake Victoria, which lies between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania is considered to be the source of the Nile, although the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the other Great Lakes of Africa.
		The Nile in Sudan is distinctive for two reasons: 1) it flows over 6 groups of cataracts, from the first at Aswan to the sixth at Sabaloka (just north of Khartoum); and 2) it reverses course for much of its course, flowing back to the SW before returning to flow north again to the sea.
		The Nile (iteru in Ancient Egyptian) was the lifeline of the ancient Egyptian civilization, with most of the population and all of the cities of Egypt resting along those parts of the Nile valley lying north of Aswan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nile (6578 words)

	MSN Encarta - Nile
		On leaving Lake Victoria near the now-flooded Ripon Falls, this section of the Nile, called the Victoria Nile, flows northwest for about 500 km (about 300 mi) through Lake Kyoga and then over rapids between rocky walls, until it enters Lake Albert.
		At the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the White Nile is joined by the Blue Nile (Baḩr al Azraq), which flows about 1370 km (about 850 mi) from its source, Lake T’ana in the Ethiopian highlands, where it is known as the Abbai.
		An Anglo-American, Henry Morton Stanley, circumnavigated Lake Victoria in 1875 and explored Lake Edward and the Ruwenzori Range in 1889.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558310/Nile.html (1020 words)

	Nile. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Blue Nile rises in the headwaters of Lake Tana, NW Ethiopia, a region of heavy summer rains, and is the source of floodwaters that reach Egypt in September; the Blue Nile contributes more than half of all Nile waters throughout the year.
		The traditional system of basin irrigation—in which Nile floods were trapped in shallow basins and a cool-season crop of wheat or barley was grown in soaked and silt-replenished soil—has been replaced since the mid-1800s by a system of perennial irrigation and the production of two or three crops a year, including cotton, sugarcane, and peanuts.
		James Bruce, the Scottish explorer, identified (1770) Lake Tana as the source of the Blue Nile, and John Speke, the British explorer, is credited with the identification (1861–62) of Lake Victoria and Ripon Falls as the source of the White Nile.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ni/Nile.html (784 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Nile
		The first dam on the Nile, the Aswān Dam, was built in 1902 and heightened in 1936.
		Hydroelectric dams were constructed at Jabal al Awliyā’ on the White Nile (1937), Owen Falls in Uganda (1954), and Roseires on the Blue Nile (1962).
		The 1959 Nile Waters Agreement resolved an international dispute concerning the equitable division of the river’s water among the countries of the region.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761558310__1/Nile.html (1065 words)

	Lake Victoria Case Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Nile perch suddenly jumped to 80 percent of the biomass, and haplochromines dropped to 1 percent.
		However, when Nile Perch were introduced into Lake Victoria some 30 years ago to improve game fishing, few would even have guessed that it might cause the elimination of whole species and the degradation of the area surrounding the lake.
		Getabu, A. Aspects of the Lake Victoria fisheries with emphasis on Oreochromis niloticus and Alestes sadleri from the Nyanza Gulf.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/VICTORIA.HTM (5771 words)

	:: NILE CRUISES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is extended From Lake Victoria in central Africa, flows generally through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, for a distance of 5584 km (3470 miles).
		The source of the Nile is one of the upper branches of the Kagera river in Tanzania.
		On leaving Lake Victoria at the site of the now-submerged Ripon Falls, the Nile rushes for 483 km (300 mi) between high rocky walls and over rapids and cataracts, at first NW and then W, until it enters Lake Albert.
	www.nile-cruises.com /nile.html (720 words)

	Wild Egypt - The Nile Adventure
		Nile Crocodiles range all over Africa, eating almost anything (including each other!), but rarely moving away from their chosen body of water.
		The Nile Valley is home to so many creatures we wouldn't be able to see them all, but here is a good collection for you to see.
		The skin of the Nile Crocodile, unlike that of most reptiles, is not shed, but grows with the animal.
	www.touregypt.net /wildegypt/nile1.htm (429 words)

	Nile Perch, Trade and Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the 1950s, a proposal to increase fish catches in the lake by introducing the Nile perch was adamantly opposed by scientists who feared that the lack of a natural predator for the fish would result in the imminent destruction of the lake's bountiful ecosystem.
		By 1964 the Nile perch was recorded in Tanzania, by 1970 it was well established in Kenya, and by the early 1980s it was abundant throughout Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, the three countries surrounding Lake Victoria.
		Kenya: Fisheries employment around Lake Victoria was said to be 3,000 in the formal sector and 20,000-30,000 in the formal and informal, collectively.6 Uganda: In the entire country, the fisheries are said to employ 5,000 formally and 20,000-40,000 collectively, in the formal and informal sectors.7 17.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/perch.htm (1985 words)

	The Nile River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Nile River ("Nahr in Nil" in Arabic) is the longest river in Africa.
		The Victoria Nile is born from Lake Victoria, which is fed by several tributaries, the most important being the Luvironza river.
		From Khartoum, the Nile River flows northeast, and at Atbara the river is joined from the east by the Atbara River.
	www.geog.okstate.edu /1113web/newpg11.htm (271 words)

	White Nile -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The stream exiting Lake Albert is known as the Albert Nile; it flows north to Nimule where it enters (A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956; involved in state-sponsored terrorism) Sudan and becomes known as the Mountain Nile.
		From Lake Victoria to Khartoum, the length of the river is approximately (additional info and facts about 3700 kilometers) 3700 kilometers (2300 miles).
		The (additional info and facts about 19th century) 19th century search for the (additional info and facts about source of the Nile) source of the Nile was mainly focused on the White Nile, which disappeared into the depths of what was then known as Darkest Africa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wh/white_nile.htm (221 words)

	The Nile
		The Nile, and then we talk about the river when defined as starting with the Kyaka river in Burundi, is 6,671 km long, and has a surface area of a total of 3,350,000 km² (5 times the area of France).
		The width of the Nile below Aswan — it's most important stretch in terms of inhabitants and economy — is 2.8 km in average.
		Without it, the river Nile would run dry in May. As there are many single contributors to the White Nile, it is a question of definition on where the Nile really starts.
	i-cias.com /e.o/nile.htm (970 words)

	Queen Victoria Class Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Nile was to have been modernized to resemble Queen Victoria, but the threat of war left her with only modest additions to her AA armament.
		In June of 1941, she and Queen Victoria took part in the Battle of Iceland, where Queen Victoria scored a fatal hit on the cruiser Admiral Hipper which blew it apart and they both damaged the German battleships Wotan and Bismarck, forcing them and the Tirpitz to retreat to Norway.
		Nile served in the Mediterranean during the early years of the war, seeing action at Cape Matapan and the evacuation of Crete.
	home.sc.rr.com /dwspage/MISC/Queen_Victoria/queen.htm (2165 words)

	AllRefer.com - Victoria Nile, Africa (African Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Victoria Nile, river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central Uganda, E central Africa.
		It drains from the northern end of Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows generally north and west, over Ripon Falls and Owen Falls (both now submerged), through shallow Lake Kyoga, and thence over Kabalega (formerly Murchison) Falls to Lake Albert.
		Hydroelectric plants are located at Owen and Kabalega falls.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/VictoriaNi.html (182 words)

	Jinja, Uganda - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		It is drained by the Nile River, and its chief affluent is the Kagera River.
		Lake Victoria is economically important to the surrounding region, which has one of Africa's highest population densities.
		During World War I Lake Victoria was the scene of British and German military operations in 1915 and 1916, with both sides arming small steamers for raiding purposes.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /jinja.htm (347 words)

	Daggers drawn over Nile water (by Joseph Ojwang) - Media Monitors Network
		The octegerian living at the bed of Lake Victoria near Sango Rota recounts to an elders’ forum organised by Uhai Lake Forum that in 1960's during the cold war between the West and East bloc, former Soviet Union Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev advised the Arab countries to use their oil as a weapon.
		A Cross section of the elders from the lake basin felt that Lake Victoria waters should be apportioned to save the people living along the lake who have to sacrifice a lot to ensure the lake survive.
		Nile River, Mzee Nyakoyo says, is 6,700 kilometers long and its life depends on the river waters draining into the lake of which Kenya contribute majority.
	www.mediamonitors.net /josephojwang9.html (1278 words)

	The Nile Basin Aquatic Plant Management Society - Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was during this time that some scientists from Nile Basin region saw it fit to form a society whose objective among others is to encourage scientific research and assist in promoting the control and management of aquatic plants through scientifically sound procedures.
		It is believed to have invaded the Nile waters of Egypt by 1892, Sudan in 1956 and Lake Victoria basin in the late 1980’s.
		Biological Control: Sudan was the first Nile Basin country to introduce biological control (Neochetinae spp.) in 1978, followed by Uganda in 1993 in Lake Kyoga, in Lake Victoria by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from 1995/6, in the Nile Delta of Egypt in 1999 and Rwanda in 2000.
	www.nbapms.org /reviews.html (730 words)

	Nile River Basin
		This section of the Nile is wide and the water flows slowly along its course.
		The White Nile has a relatively constant flow, the Blue Nile in contrast is affected by the tremendous runoff resulting from the late July to October rains on the Ethiopian Plateau.
		The Atbara is fed by the Angereb and Tekezo.
	www.providence.edu /polisci/students/mideast_water/nile_1.htm (998 words)

	Nile
		The Ruvyironza, regarded as the ultimate source of the Nile, is one of the upper branches of the Kagera River in Tanzania.
		The Nile river valley is home to a host of wildlife, including Nile crocodile, hippopotamuses, more than 300 species of birds, and numerous fish species.
		A dam at Jabal Awliya was constructed on the White Nile south of Khartoum in 1937.
	www.egyptlovers.8m.net /nileriver.htm (985 words)

	Nile - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Lake Victoria in Uganda is commonly considered to be the source of the Nile, although the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the other Great Lakes.
		At the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal with the Bahr el Ghazal, itself 720 km (445 miles) long, the river beomes known as the Bahr al Abyad, or the White Nile, from the clay suspended in its waters.
		The Nile was, and still is, used to transport goods to different places along its long path; the trade winds in this area happen to blow south, upriver, so ships could travel up and down the Nile with ease.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Nile (1238 words)

	Nile River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is formed by the confluence of the Mountain Nile (Bahr al-Jabal) and the Sobat River above Malakal, and flows for about 500 miles (800 km) northeast and north past ar-Rank, Kusti (railway bridge), ad-Duwaym, and Jabal al-Awliya' (irrigation dam) to join the Blue Nile at Khartoum and form the Nile proper.
		In its lower course the Victoria Nile is impeded by a series of rapids culminating in the...
		Ancient Egyptians considered the Nile to be a god and paid homage by using it for agriculture and transportation.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108302 (984 words)

	Victoria Nile — Infoplease.com
		Lake Victoria - Victoria, Lake Victoria, Lake, or Victoria Nyanza, largest lake of Africa and the world's...
		The Nile perch in Lake Victoria: local responses and adaptations.
		Lake Victoria's Nile perch boom: a decade ago, Nile perch was only caught on Lake Victoria for domestic consumption, but today it......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0850828.html (295 words)

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		It is not a native of the Lake Victoria basin of East Africa.
		The Nile tilapia invaded Lake Victoria in the early 1900s, with the first recordings of the species in the lake occurring in the 1920s (Trewavas, 1983).
		Among the Lake Victoria basin populations, the populations of Lake Kyoga, Victoria Nile and Napoleon gulf were closer to the Lake Albert population than to Lake Edward/George populations.
	ag.arizona.edu /azaqua/ista/ista5work/ista5papers/Fuerst/fuerstWORD.doc (4692 words)

	Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Nile carries far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the Atbara River in Sudan all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.
		The Nile in Sudan is distincitve for two reasons: 1) it flows over 6 groups of cataracts, from the first at Aswan to the sixth at Sabaloka (just north of Khartoum); and 2) it reverses course for much of its course, flowing back to the SW before returning to flow north again to the sea.
		The Nile still supports much of the population of Egypt, living between otherwise inhospitable regions of the Sahara Desert.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nile.htm (1976 words)

	Uganda Lakes and Rivers - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Lake Victoria dominates the southeastern corner of the nation, with almost one-half of its 10,200-square-kilometer area lying inside Ugandan territory.
		From Lake Albert, the Nile is known as the Albert Nile as it travels roughly 200 kilometers to the Sudan border.
		One of the tributaries of the Albert Nile, the Zoka River, drains the northwestern corner of Uganda, a region still popularly known as the West Nile although that name was not officially recognized in 1989.
	www.photius.com /countries/uganda/geography/uganda_geography_lakes_and_rivers.html (471 words)

	LAKE VICTORIA: Nile Perch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Over the years, though, the lake has been over-fished, and to stock the lake, new species of fish, like the Nile Perch, were introduced without thought for the consequences.
		So, all of the other fishes and there are hundreds of species of fishes that once lived in Lake Victoria and were found nowhere else in the world.
		The voracious appetite of the Nile Perch, combined with overfishing all but eliminated the many species of fish that once thrived in Lake Victoria.
	www.pulseplanet.com /archive/Dec97/1513.html (383 words)

	The River Nile Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mighty Lake Victoria was thought for a long time to be the source of the Nile.
		Waters from the large lake leave by the Victoria Nile to head north to join the Albert Nile in northern Uganda.
		The idea that Lake Victoria was the source for the Nile was proclaimed by it's British discover John Hanning Speke in 1858.
	www.utdallas.edu /dept/geoscience/remsens/Nile/victoria.html (329 words)

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